myocardial infarction
interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart
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Summary
myocardial infarction is a cause of death[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of cause of death entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,375 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Subclass of: coronary artery disease[5], ischemia[6], infarction[7], disease[8]
- Commons category: Myocardial infarction[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: K75[10]
- Afflicts: coronary artery[11]
- Symptoms and signs: chest pain[12], nausea[13], angina pectoris[14], edema[15], necrosis[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Myocardial infarction[17]
- Has effect: heart failure[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C27996[19]
- Health specialty: cardiology[20]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: tenecteplase[21], (RS)-metoprolol[22], bisoprolol[23], pindolol[24], anisindione[25], acebutolol[26], diltiazem[27], eptifibatide[28], propranolol[29], labetalol[30], dalteparin[31], (S)-(−)-timolol[32], nadolol[33], atenolol[34]
- Genetic association: PLCL2[35], MIA3[36], PHACTR1[37], WDR12[38]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_5844[39], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:5844[40], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001658[41]
Why It Matters
myocardial infarction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]